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Dr Dan Dwyer

BA, A.D.C.F.; MA; PhD;

Contact Details

Ceann Disciplín na Cumarsáide
Áras na Gaeilge
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe
University of Galway
H91 F8DY
M: 00353-87-8168629
E: dan.dwyer@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

Dr. Dan Dwyer is Head of Discipline of Irish Language Media Studies at University of Galway. He worked for a number of years as a television producer and director for the Irish language public service broadcaster TG4 producing the weekly magazine programme Idir Mhagadh 's Dáiríre as well as a number of documentary films. Dan began teaching media production and journalism in the early 2000s and designed and delivered a unique online journalism and media production course for people with disabilities on behalf of the Rehab Foundation known as Mediability. He has taught media studies through the Irish language at University of Galway since 2006 and he completed his PhD thesis on the Irish in Britain as a media audience in 2023. Dan is a founding member of Club Scannán Sailearna, a Gaeltacht film society that has brought the best of Irish and World cinema to Galway audiences since 2007.

Research Interests

Dan’s research interests are in the relationship between media and audiences with a particular focus on diasporic identities in the Irish context. His PhD thesis, entitled 'The role of Irish and Irish-themed media in the formation and maintenance of Irish cultural identity in Britain' was completed in 2023.

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	'Feel the build-up, feel connected: Mediated sport and the second-generation-Irish audience in Britain' Dan Dwyer (2020) 'Feel the build-up, feel connected: Mediated sport and the second-generation-Irish audience in Britain' In: Sport, the Media and Ireland: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Cork: Cork University Press. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
		The Global Irish Diaspora 1ST International Congress, Dan Dwyer Media practices and Irishness in Britain. [Oral Presentation], The Global Irish Diaspora 1ST International Congress, Dublin . [Details]

Thesis

	Year	Publication
	(2011)	Negotiating the Tensions between Creative Freedom and Economic Constraint: The Experience of Working in Irish Language Documentary. Dan Dwyer (2011) Negotiating the Tensions between Creative Freedom and Economic Constraint: The Experience of Working in Irish Language Documentary. Thesis [Details]

Education

Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
2023	University of Galway	PhD in Media Studies	The role of Irish and Irish-themed media in the formation and maintenance of Irish cultural identity in Britain.
2011	University of Limerick	MA in Irish Media Studies	Textual analysis of media content, media production and audience studies.
1999	University of Galway	Ard-Dioplóma i gCumarsáid Fheidhmeach [H Dip.]	Applied Communications (Irish language)
1994	University of Galway	Bachelor of Arts	English and History

Community Engagement

	Title	Type	From / To
	Outreach	Film Screening on Inis Meáin	10-FEB-23 / 10-FEB-23
	Outreach	Club Scannán Sailearna	01-AUG-07 /

Languages

	Language
	Gaeilge
	English

Teaching Interests

Dan teaches Media Studies through the Irish language from the complimentary perspectives of production studies, textual analysis and media audience studies. His current modules include Media and Society, Media Audiences and Textual Analysis of the Media which form part of Communications Studies through the Irish language at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is also the co-ordinator of the final year BA Research Project.

Modules Taught

Term/Year	Module Title	Module Code	Subject / Desc
Current	Na Meáin agus an tSochaí	CG1104	Tá an modúl seo dírithe ar an gcaidreamh idir na meáin chumarsáide agus an tsochaí le béim ar na bealaí difriúla a pléadh agus a tuigeadh ról, struchtúir agus cumhacht na meán.
Current	Na Meáin agus a Luchtanna Féachana	CU6104	Déantar iniúchadh sa mhodúl seo ar an gcaidreamh idir na meáin chumarsáide agus an tsochaí, le béim ar na bealaí difriúla a pléadh agus a tuigeadh ról, struchtúir agus cumhacht na meán agus na modhanna anailíse atá ar fáil le critique a dhéanamh ar théacsanna agus anailís a dhéanamh ar luchtanna féachana comhaimseartha na meán.
Current	Luchtanna Féachana na Meán	CG4102	Sa mhodúl seo dírítear ar na bealaí difriúla a tuigeadh tionchar na meán agus cumhacht an lucht féachana ó thús ré na mórmheán cumarsáide go dtí an lá atá inniu ann.
Current	Anailís na Meán	CG2100	Tugann an modúl seo léargas ar na bealaí anailíse atá ar fáil le tuiscint chriticiúil a fháil ar théacsanna na meán.